Cate Dawes

CPPE Senior Pharmacist Primary Care Pathways (SW). Clinical pharmacist (IP). Supporting excellence in patient care, pharmacy practice & education.

[Cate Dawes @cateCPPE]

@JoWatson99 Wishing you the happiest and healthiest of retirements Jo, take care and enjoy.

[Nik Kendrew @nikkendrew]

It’s a beautiful Saturday morning here in Kent. What do you do when you’re listening to the #redwhalepod? I hear that there are lots of multitaskers out there! Running, dog walking and cooking look like they’re top of the list. How about you?

[CPPE @cppeengland]

Stopping or reducing medicines that may no longer be of benefit, or may be causing harm, will help to improve patient outcomes.

Book your place on our online Deprescribing workshops:
https://t.co/VGUEOXngPr

[David Webb @davidwebb_1]

We are offering fully funded training places for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working in critical care units: https://t.co/PhsW3bzJ7f @NHSE_WTE @UKCPA

[Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) @ginasthma]

GINA recommends assessing asthma control in two domains:
They are symptom control and risk factors for future attacks, including having had an attack in the previous year. It’s not enough to only ask about recent symptom control. https://t.co/W6Lp5etGpF

[NICE @NICEComms]

Our updated guidance on recognising, diagnosing and the early management of suspected sepsis recommends more targeting of antibiotics to those at the highest risk.

Learn more: https://t.co/9BGS9829bF

#NICENews

[Cate Dawes @cateCPPE]

@PharmRJ @amjidrehman @AllisonsChemist @adewilliamsnhs @HfxAmanda @blmerriman @ComPharmEngland @CCApharmacy @NPA1921 @AIMpharmacies @DayLewisGroup @BootsUK Thank you for sharing @PharmRJ @amjidreham - this is really useful!! @DawesPhilipJ - share with the team!

[NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service @NHS_SPS]

700+ people joined our 'On the Couch' lipid management webinar yesterday. Thank you @CatherineT_01 @clairemiller85 & Maxine Richardson for joining @rakhi2382 to discuss challenges in managing lipid treatment in #PrimaryCare

The recording is available ⬇️
https://t.co/xR5Z5Kx1Ys

[Dr Rani Khatib FESC @DrRaniKhatib]

NEW @NICEComms on lipids out:
🥁Targets for 2° prevention are LDL-C of ≤ 2.0mmol/L, or non-HDL-C of ≤ 2.6
🥁If on max tolerated dose of HI statins & target not met, consider additional LLT (TAs)
🥁Consider ezetimibe (+ max HI statin) even if target met, to ⬇️ CVD risk further

[Cate Dawes @cateCPPE]

@pharmBHC @santon74 @nickcooley Congratulations Paul, well deserved! 👏

[The Pharmaceutical Journal @PJOnline_News]

‘Show me your meds, please’ - @DebGompertz on the amazing impact of home-based medicines assessments

https://t.co/w1oJuRMrQo

[Caroline Barraclough @carolinebCPPE]

Sustainability is a lens- integrating into everything we do @Nuala_McG

[Tom @TomMills1984]

We found areas of excellence with some PCN clinical pharmacists developing a patient-facing roles and examples of sub-optimal role development: pre-existing collaborative arrangements and senior pharmacy input key to success in early stages @GrahamStretch @laulok @ImprovingPHC

[Paula McGowan OBE @PaulaMc007]

#Oliverscampaign @TheGPhC @rpharms @gmabbam
@cppeengland @pcpa_org @APTUK1
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in Learning disability & autism should include all pharmacists & pharmacy technicians, who deserve to be given quality training in supporting neurodivergent people

[Graham Stretch @GrahamStretch]

Looking forward to completing the @NHS_HealthEdEng Oliver McGowan Training on Learning Disability and Autism.

Would urge all pharmacy professionals to do likewise

https://t.co/2Q28gxyR7n

#Oliverscampaign @PaulaMc007 @cppeengland @pcpa_org @rpharms

[CPPE @cppeengland]

Kate and Kim, two pharmacy technicians attending the PCPEP Module 1 residential this October, share their success stories for #RxTechDay:

[Reena Sharma @reena_pharm]

Happy #RxTechDay to all of the amazing pharmacy technicians working in our profession. I am lucky to have worked with so many amazing pharmacy technicians, thank you for everything you do.

[CPPE @cppeengland]

We want to celebrate all our pharmacy technicians here at CPPE.

Their work is essential to what we do. Their successes are what make us, as a team, successful.

#RxTechDay @PTCB

[The Pharmaceutical Journal @PJOnline_News]

Exclusive: Community pharmacies could be commissioned to dispense COVID-19 oral antivirals, says draft @NHSEngland guidance

https://t.co/sGt9Cyesfg

[BEE study @bee_study]

No one type of moisturiser (lotion, cream, gel or ointment) is more effective than another for childhood #eczema Patient education and choice key when deciding which to try